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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_RoxburghWilliam Roxburgh - Wikipedia

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   William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815 [1]) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany.

2. history.rcp.ac.uk › william-roxburghWilliam Roxburgh | RCP Museum

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   William Roxburgh was born at Calcutta, the son of Dr. William Roxburgh, the superintendent of the city’s Botanic Gardens, and the author of Flora Indica. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University, where he graduated in 1835, and then moved to London, where he studied for a time at the Middlesex Hospital.

3. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk › details › cRoxburgh, William, (1751-1815), botanist | The National Archives

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   3 days ago · This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive...

4. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk › usbiography › rWilliam Roxburgh: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland

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   William Roxburgh lived from 29 June 1751 to 10 April 1815. He was a doctor and botanist who did much to promote the science of botany in India. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

5. plants.jstor.org › stable › 10Roxburgh, William (1751-1815) - JSTOR

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   Biography. Scottish botanist known as the founding father of Indian botany. Roxburgh was head of the Calcutta Royal Botanic Gardens for 20 years, during which time he produced the work Flora Indica. William Roxburgh was born in Underwood, Ayrshire, and studied botany at the University of Edinburgh under Prof. John Hope.

6. era.ed.ac.uk › handle › 1842William Roxburgh (1751-1815) - University of Edinburgh

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   Refared to as the greatest botanist since Linnaeus and the founding father of Indian botany by his contemporaries, it is surprising that William Roxburgh has never before been the study of a full-length biography.

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   Who was William Roxburgh?

   • Scottish botanist known as the founding father of Indian botany. Roxburgh was head of the Calcutta Royal Botanic Gardens for 20 years, during which time he produced the work Flora Indica. William Roxburgh was born in Underwood, Ayrshire, and studied botany at the University of Edinburgh under Prof. John Hope.

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   Who was William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS?

   • Roxb. William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815 ) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany.

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   What did Roxburgh do for a living?

   • The second part of the thesis considers the scientific work of Roxburgh, both botanically and in a wider field. One of the main fmdings has been the large number of plant species that Roxburgh sent to Kew for cultivation, which needs further study.

   William Roxburgh (1751-1815) - University of Edinburgh

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   When did Rosa roxburghii get its name?

   • Rosa roxburghii was initially named Rosa microphylla by Dr. Roxburgh in 1820, but because René Louiche Desfontaines had previously applied the name 'microphylla' to an unrelated European species in 1798. The name was then changed in 1823 by (Austrian botanist) Leopold Trattinnick.

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   Was Roxburgh a good scientist?

   • Roxburgh’s success was sufficient to leave all his legitimate children well provided: one son having a coat of arms granted. The second part of the thesis considers the scientific work of Roxburgh, both botanically and in a wider field.

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8. oldshirburnian.org.uk › books-by-os › biographyWilliam Roxburgh: The Founding Father of Indian Botany – Tim ...

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   T.F. Robinson, William Roxburgh: The Founding Father of Indian Botany. Born in the mid 18th century, William Roxburgh was brought up in the centre of the Edinburgh Enlightenment, with all the patronage an intellectual curiosity that this entailed.